Some years ago I purchased a male imported Ball Python that I thought was a Fire. This year I bred him for the first time to several normal females. The first clutch of 6 hatched with 2 normal, 3 that I thought were Fires, and one I thought was a Firefly. After talking to a few people I chalked that up to a "spontaneous mutation" or simply a fluke of luck.
Four days ago I had a clutch of 10 hatch and had 4 normal, 3 that look like fires, and 3 that look like Fireflies. NO PASTELS HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED ANYWAY WITH THESE SNAKES!
It seems like this male has some hidden gene that throws double morphs! I didn't realize that this was even possible. Can someone give me some info or theory of what is actually going on? I'm enclosing pics of the male, individual pics of 2 morphs, and comparison pics of the two morphs. Frankly I'm confused on what is going on here. Are these Fires and Fireflies? Naturally I'm hoping that there is some weird super that can be produced or perhaps 2 supers. Who knows? Any insight would be helpful! Thank you in advance.










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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

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